Services are restricted to residents of Alpharetta only.
Please call for the curbside collection schedule.
www.alpharetta.ga.us(678) 297-6060
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Food items should be rinsed from the containers. To request additional bins or for more information concerning the City’s recycling program, contact our Customer Service Team at 678-297-6060.
Do not recycle these items.
No Plastic Bags
No Food Waste
No Food Tainted Items (used paper plates, paper towels or paper napkins)
No Pizza Boxes
No Egg Cartons
No Ice Cream Cartons
No Aluminum Foil
No Plastic Cups & Silverware
No Aerosol Cans
No Plastics Other Than Bottles (items like clear plastic fruit containers)
No Juice Boxes/Bags
Material | Residential | Business | Note |
#1 Plastic Beverage Bottles | pickup |
none |
This includes plastic milk jugs and plastic bottles (With necks only). This DOES NOT include any plastic bags, egg cartons, plastic ice cream cartons, plastic cups, plastic silverware, juice boxes or bags, or any other non-bottle plastics (items like clear plastic fruit containers). |
#1 Plastic Non-Beverage Bottles | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
#2 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
#2 Plastic Caps | pickup |
none |
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#2 Plastic Jugs - Clear | pickup |
none |
This includes plastic milk jugs and plastic bottles (With necks only). This DOES NOT include any plastic bags, egg cartons, plastic ice cream cartons, plastic cups, plastic silverware, juice boxes or bags, or any other non-bottle plastics (items like clear plastic fruit containers). |
#2 Plastic Jugs - Colored | pickup |
none |
This includes plastic milk jugs and plastic bottles (With necks only). This DOES NOT include any plastic bags, egg cartons, plastic ice cream cartons, plastic cups, plastic silverware, juice boxes or bags, or any other non-bottle plastics (items like clear plastic fruit containers). |
#3 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
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#4 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
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#5 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
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#5 Plastic Caps | pickup |
none |
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#6 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
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#7 Plastic Bottles | pickup |
none |
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Aluminum Beverage Cans | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out all cans. This does not include aluminum foil. This does not include any aerosol cans. |
Aluminum Foil | pickup |
none |
|
Aluminum Food Cans | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Aluminum Lids | pickup |
none |
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Aluminum Pie Plates | pickup |
none |
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Aluminum Trays | pickup |
none |
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Blue Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
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Blue Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Blueprints | pickup |
none |
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Booklets | pickup |
none |
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Brochures | pickup |
none |
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Brown Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Brown Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Cardstock | pickup |
none |
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Catalogs | pickup |
none |
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Chipboard | pickup |
none |
This includes, for example, cereal boxes, cake boxes, and cracker boxes. Please contact for further details. |
Clear Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Clear Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Construction Paper | pickup |
none |
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Corrugated Cardboard | pickup |
none |
Please flatten cardboard boxes and cut them into two foot square sections. This does not include pizza boxes, or any food tainted items. |
Drink Boxes | pickup |
none |
|
Envelopes | pickup |
none |
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Gift Boxes | pickup |
none |
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Glassine | pickup |
none |
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Green Glass Beverage Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Green Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out. |
Greeting Cards | pickup |
none |
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Kraft Paper | pickup |
none |
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Magazines | pickup |
none |
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pickup |
none |
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Manila Folders | pickup |
none |
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Metal Paint Cans | pickup |
none |
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Milk and Juice Cartons | pickup |
none |
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Mixed Paper | pickup |
none |
This includes office and school papers,newspapers and inserts, junk mail and envelopes, colored paper, and others. This DOES NOT includes food tainted items, such as used paper plates, paper towels, egg cartons, or paper napkins. This also does not include Ice cream cartons, juice boxes or bags. |
Motor Oil Containers | pickup |
none |
|
Newspaper | pickup |
none |
|
Newspaper Inserts | pickup |
none |
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Office Furniture | pickup |
none |
Please call ahead for pickup. |
Office Paper | pickup |
none |
|
Paper Bags | pickup |
none |
This includes the grocery types of brown paper bags. |
Paper Egg Cartons | pickup |
none |
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Paper Labels | pickup |
none |
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Paper Sleeves | pickup |
none |
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Paper Tubes | pickup |
none |
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Paperback Books | pickup |
none |
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Paperboard | pickup |
none |
This includes, for example, cereal boxes, cake boxes, and cracker boxes. Please contact for further details. |
Phone Books | pickup |
none |
|
Shredded Paper | pickup |
none |
|
Steel Cans | pickup |
none |
Please rinse out all cans. This does not include any aerosol cans. |
Steel Lids | pickup |
none |
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Treated Glass Containers | pickup |
none |
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Window Envelopes | pickup |
none |
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